Lighting & Electricity

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Matthew Haywood

Dear The Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,

I would be grateful if you would provide the following information
under the FOI Act.

1) What for lighting exactly (specific model numbers) does the
Trust use for: i) hospital ward ceilings, ii) floors and iii)
bedside lamps?

2) For each hospital in the Trust, what was the annual electricity
energy consumption (in KWH, figures for the last 5 years - if there
are electricity metres purely for lighting, please include)

3) For each hospital in the Trust, was was the annual bill for
electricity (in pounds sterling, figures for the last 5 years if
there are costs purely for lighting, please include)

4) The number of patient beds in each of the hospitals in the Trust
(figures for the last 5 years)

5) The patient turnover in each hospital in the Trust (please
include day surgery separately - figures for the last 5 years)

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Yours faithfully,

Matthew Haywood

Williams, Sharon,

Dear Mr Haywood

Regarding your Freedom of Information request below reference 010867,
could you possibly clarify the following points for me please for your
questions 4 and 5:

From: Matthew Haywood [mailto:[FOI #70473 email]]

Sent: 04 May 2011 18:39

Subject: Freedom of Information request - Lighting & Electricity

Dear The Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,

I would be grateful if you would provide the following information

under the FOI Act.

1) What for lighting exactly (specific model numbers) does the

Trust use for: i) hospital ward ceilings, ii) floors and iii)

bedside lamps?

2) For each hospital in the Trust, what was the annual electricity

energy consumption (in KWH, figures for the last 5 years - if there

are electricity metres purely for lighting, please include)

3) For each hospital in the Trust, was was the annual bill for

electricity (in pounds sterling, figures for the last 5 years if

there are costs purely for lighting, please include)

4) The number of patient beds in each of the hospitals in the Trust

(figures for the last 5 years)

Would you be happy to receive the Annual average month by month end
position

5) The patient turnover in each hospital in the Trust (please

include day surgery separately - figures for the last 5 years)

Are you requesting Inpatient and Day Surgery figures only

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Yours faithfully,

Matthew Haywood

Kind regards

Sharon

Sharon Williams

Information Governance Manager

Ext 1208

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Matthew Haywood

Dear Sharon

For question 4, I am requesting the exact numbers of beds available for patient use in each of the hospitals in the trust for the last five years

For question 5, I am enquiring about the number of individual cases and number of patients recorded at each hospital in the trust for the last five years (providing annual figures)

Please do not hesitate to contact me if my wordig is still unclear.

Yours sincerely,

Matthew Haywood

Williams, Sharon,

Dear Mr Haywood,

Thank you for your clarification, however, I will need to speak to you in order to clarify questions 4 and 5 as the reports for this information are not as straight forward as they appear.

Could you possibly contact me on 01384 456111 Ext 1208, please.

Kind regards
Sharon

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Matthew Haywood

Dear Sharon

I am currently away for the weekend, I shall reiterate my words if this helps. When not, I shall call you on Monday.

Q4 - total number of beds in each hospital (wards only - not including beds in ORs, ERs, night-resident rooms, e.t.c)

Q5 - numbers of cases and total number of patients for each hospital (inpatient, day surgery and a&e) for the last 5 financial years

Yours sincerely,

Matthew Haywood

Williams, Sharon,

Many thanks Mr Haywood for your clarification.
Kind regards
Sharon

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Williams, Sharon,

3 Attachments

Dear Mr Haywood

Please find attached the responses to your recent Freedom of Information
request, reference 010867, from The Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS
Foundation Trust.

Kind regards

Sharon

Sharon Williams

Information Governance Manager

Ext 1208

This e-mail contains Confidential information some, or all of which may be
legally privileged. It is intended solely for the use of the individual to
whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient please notify
the sender immediately and delete the message and any attachments. Any
views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not
necessarily represent those of the Dudley Group Of Hospitals NHS
Foundation Trust unless explicitly stated otherwise. Dudley Group Of
Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust monitors the contents of e-mails sent and
received via its network for the purposes of ensuring compliance with
legislation, policies and procedures.

Dudley Group Of Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust cannot guarantee that
information sent to the Trust remains confidential. The Freedom of
Information Act 2000 may require us to release information to the public,
even where it is provided by a third party. Information Falling within the
Data Protection Act will not be released to the public, such as patient
information, staff information or personal data such as name and address.

You must not pass data to anyone who does not have a legitimate and proper
NHS care delivery-related need to use it.

If you have concerns regarding this disclaimer please contact;

Kevin Shine, Head of Information

Dudley Group Of Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 01384 321210.